Devotion on Psalm 3 I mentioned in my last post, that part of my walk with God includes reading through the Bible each year with the help of The Daily Audio Bible. Our Psalm today was, Psalm 3. The heading for the Psalm in the translation I’m reading is “Confidence In Troubled Times.” I don’t […]

Devotion on Genesis 3 Each year, I work my way through the Scriptures with the help of The Daily Audio Bible. This is probably my fifth time through. They have a great app, from which I can read the daily readings, or, listen to Brian Hardin read them and comment on them; he’s great. Depends […]

Happy New Year! The new year certainly brings new things that I’m excited about. I’ve relaunched my website, charlievensel.com. Of course, it highlights my Christian Life Coaching & Spiritual Direction practice, which gives me a larger platform to do what I love. Don’t ask yourself what the world needs. Ask yourself what makes you come alive, and go […]

From The Sermon: First Sunday of Christmas …What a gift He gave that first Christmas; His Son. He loved is so much that He gave Him for us. The birth of Mary’s boy is proof. And, this is about the point where we all say, “Yes. Yes, I know this. God loves me. He rescued […]

From The Sermon …What is it about being in the midst of difficulty that makes us forget all the ways Jesus has come through for us in the past? What is it about difficulty that makes us feel so alone? Our self-sufficiency rises to the surface as if that is going to help us meet […]